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• Historic Third Ward Gallery Update

  
  MKEimages.com — Authority: 129
  We have updated the MKEimages.com " Historic Third Ward " photo gallery with a few new images.
  7 hours ago

• ‘Landmarks’ at 50 has become landmark in it own right

  
  The Platform — Authority: 561
  Paint being from the brick facade of a house in the 1800 block of Pestalozzi Street in Benton Park in 2003. (Andrew Cutraro/Post-Dispatch Landmarks Association of St. Louis — one of the premier historic preservation and advocacy groups in the nation — will…
  9 hours ago

• Bringing down the house

  
  Durova — Authority: 419
  Lets face it: really old disasters are fascinating.  Pictured above is the aftermath from the the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 .  If any of those children are still alive the youngest would be about 117 years old now.  Galveston has long since been cleaned up and rebuilt.  We can call this sort of photograph ...
  10 hours ago

• Halloween

  
  Minka's Studio — Authority: 110
  Heres part of my Halloween costume. Ive since been watching eye makeup videos on YouTube and have more ideas for next time.
  11 hours ago

• WIP: Martha Willkins (from The Scarlet Letter)

  
  Just String — Authority: 119
  Another reproduction sampler is todays featured WIP.  The Scarlet Letter reproduced the 1699 sampler of Martha Willkins .  Actually, I should say that most of the original sampler was charted.  If you look at the original , youll see that SL left off the cutwork portion.  Whatever.  I still think its ...
  12 hours ago

• Men: you now have a place all to yourself

  
  Mackenzie's Blog — Authority: 91
  Women are definitely not lacking places to go when it comes to getting a little relaxation and pampering. But what about the men? While many assume men could care less when it comes to haircuts, skincare, massages and yes, even pedicures and manicures, there is now a place where men can indulge, kick back and enjoy ...
  15 hours ago

• Minnesota State Senator: Historic Tax Credit Needed to Create Jobs

  
  Ecology of Absence — Authority: 124
  Yesterdays issue of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune carried a commentary by State Senator Tom Bakk. Bakks commentary focused on ways to get Minnesotans back to work. Among his ideas is a state historic rehabilitation tax credit. Writes Senator Bakk: A historic building rehabilitation tax credit would create jobs ...
  18 hours ago

• Hutchinson Memorial Chapel

  
  ClarenceGrad72 — Authority: 127
  In honor of Extreme Makeover choosing a home on Massachusetts Avenue to rebuild for a very worthy family, todays church will be from the same street, in a stretching it kind of way. The Episcopal Home pretty much takes up a full block and located at 1 Massachusetts and extends down Busti to Rhode Island and over to ...
  21 hours ago

• In the Heart of Darkness by David Drake & Eric Flint

  
  Pick of the Literate — Authority: 416
  Belisarius, a Roman general, goes to India to spy on the Malwa. His “magic” crystal informs him that the Malwa have their own “link” to the future. His adventures as a spy, turncoat and redeemer comprise the main plot line. The subplot of his wife, Irene the spymaster and Theodora the empress provide the ...
  23 hours ago

• Healthcare Debate Update: Stupak Anti-Abortion Funding Amendment Passes

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 476
      By a vote of 240 to 194, the Stupak-Pitts Amendment which provides language that will have prohibit the House bill for a government takeover of heath care, from allowing any funding of abortion procedures passed. The move which satisfied a the handful of anti-abortion Democrats who were needed to pass the ...
  1 day ago

• Protesters target Michaud’s vote in 11th-hour stand against House health legislation

  
  Sreelancer — Authority: 468
  Bangor, Maine – On the eve of a historic vote on health reform in the House of Representatives U. S., protesters gathered outside the offices of Rep. Mike Michaud Saturday for a last ditch battle against the legislation in force. The appeal is expected later Saturday, with both Michaud and Chellie Pingree ...
  1 day ago

• Government Health Care Takeover May Go Down Because of Abortion

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 476
    Passage of the Pelosi-Obama government takeover of health care may all come down to the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. The Stupak-Pitts Amendment is sponsored by Democrat Bart Stupak of Michigan and Republican Joseph Pitts of Pennsylvania and what is does is create language in the health care government takeover bill ...
  1 day ago

• Congress on the Verge of Passing Historic Health-Care Bill

  
  The Locust Fork News-Journal — Authority: 474
  Sparks Urges Davis ‘To Do the Right Thing’ and Vote FOR the Billby Glynn WilsonAfter receiving a pep talk from President Obama, House Democrats cleared a key procedural hurdle Saturday in the debate over expanding the nation’s health care system, setting the stage for a day long debate and an evening vote that ...
  1 day ago

• Arts New Jersey: Resurrecting a Fount of Invention

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  At the Thomas Edison National Historical Park, an audio tour absorbs Livia Johnson, 4.
  1 day ago

• Transformation on Forest Park Avenue

  
  Ecology of Absence — Authority: 124
  Step one: Take one leap of faith to believe that underneath an ugly slipcover is a building that can be rehabilitated. Take a peak under that cover. Step two: Utilize historic rehabilitation tax credits, get your drawings and permits in hand, find financing and start the recovery of a badly-remuddled building. ...
  1 day ago

• Map of the Week: Riverdale and the First World War

  
  Map of the Week — Authority: 456
  This weeks map is an exercise in recovering lost urban memory. I have identified almost 200 individual homes in Riverdale and the neighbourhood immediately north of the Danforth where the worst fears of the householder -­ wife, parent or sibling of a Canadian soldier overseas during the First World War - were ...
  1 day ago

• Democrats: Historic Vote Soon on Health Care

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 169
  Emerging from a closed-door meeting with the president, Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicted passage of the bill later on Saturday, adding, We will pass health care reform. (Nov.
  1 day ago

• T&P Tavern Closes For Remodeling

  
  Fort Worthology — Authority: 125
  We’ve just heard that the T&P Tavern (in the T&P station in Downtown, natch) is closed for now due to remodeling. They’re commencing restoration of the classic 1930s diner inside the building (hooray!) and can’t run the outside kiosk while that’s going. We’ll make sure to keep an eye on the project ...
  1 day ago

• President Obama Asks Democrats To Walk The Plank On Healthcare Vote

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 476
     High Drama grips Washington, DC today in a way that has rarely ever been matched before. Few votes have ever been quite as transformative as the healthcare and insurance reform bill which Democrats and Nancy Pelosi are proposing on behalf of President Obama. The political intrigue being witnessed on this day ...
  1 day ago

• Before & After: An Historic Mansion’s Library Gets Glam

  
  Hooked on Houses — Authority: 540
  W hen this historic mansion in Leesburg, Virginia, served as a Designers’ Showhouse for the Loudoun Arts Council, designer Paula Grace was commissioned to return the library to its former grandeur. She was inspired to create an elegant, French-inspired room, as you can see by her drawing. But when she ...
  1 day ago

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